mapman
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| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? The true test of a good system is that you want to listen for hours on end and "recording quality" is not a deterrent but just part of the artistic presentation.Also I don;t agree it can't be revealing and musical. It can. Just keep noise and dist... | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? " It would be kind of a foolish hobby to end up with an expensive system that makes the majority of your record collection sound bad."I agree. If it can't get the most out of whatever you got, what's the point? Fortunately, it can. If it doesn't, ... | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? Digital complicates things a lot in that there are unlimited ways any particular digital audio files may have been processed at various points in ways that have major effects on sound quality. The differences will no doubt be subtler played on les... | |
| Please help with the cable burner Nice point to point wiring. Gotta be a winner. No clue how to use it though. I just let my stuff burn naturally. | |
| Harry Pearson of tas has passed away Sorry to hear this. He was an "audiophile" legend I'd say if ever there was one. Condolences FWIW to all his family and friends. | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? There are no recordings of the thousnds I own that do not sound their best on my main rig. Everything else is a compromise to some degree to various degrees on pretty much everything. Let's not forget the individual is always a big factor in terms... | |
| Why do designers/manufacturers...? A different way to look at it is what "tweaks" do designers do with their designs that are built in already, might not be readily apparent or even advertised, and that potentially could render certain additional external tweaks irrelevant or insig... | |
| How can Acoustic Revive RR-888 produce 7.83hz? Its a fair question. How about asking someone who should know like the company that makes it and let us know. | |
| Why do designers/manufacturers...? "audiophile grade"Good is good. Audiophile grade" is slang for stylish and expensive to boot. Style is very subjective and no two people are likley to value exactly the same style. | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? Do the poor ones really sound worse or just worse in comparison to how good the good stuff sounds?AN improvement is an improvement. It can only make things better, though some way more than others perhaps. | |
| Left to right cable mismatch Things can only get better now. | |
| best floor in listening room Its all about overall synergy.Any floor is fine long as you put things in place accordingly. Wood floors will tend to interact with sound and be more lively than most others. So proceed accordingly. Less speaker, like a smaller monitor, may be mor... | |
| Tube preamp vs Tube cd player Tube CD players only make sense as an easy (Not the only or even best) way to introduce some tubes into your digital initially.So 1 all the way. Make the SS amp Class D. And tubes done well a nice option but not a requirement for the pre-amp.The r... | |
| Not as much activity on analog here Lots of lps still out there to play. Plus a lot of it comes dirt cheap if you look in teh right places. A good omen for the continued presence of vinyl/analog source material. And yes, you need good stuff set up well in order to milk the most out ... | |
| Not as much activity on analog here I have spent a lot of time and a reasonable amount of money getting my setup to where I wanted it to be in recent years.I started off getting my vinyl tuned in. That helped establish an in-house reference. Then I focused on digital.Once I had both... |